diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ad6e28de..3612185d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ The parameter `free_space` has been added to spdk_ring_enqueue() to wait when
 the ring is almost full and resume when there is enough space available in
 the ring.
 
+A new API `spdk_mempool_lookup` has been added to lookup the memory pool created
+by the primary process.
+
 ## v19.04:
 
 ### nvme
diff --git a/include/spdk/env.h b/include/spdk/env.h
index 4f3bb9bea..19f260126 100644
--- a/include/spdk/env.h
+++ b/include/spdk/env.h
@@ -442,6 +442,15 @@ size_t spdk_mempool_count(const struct spdk_mempool *pool);
 uint32_t spdk_mempool_obj_iter(struct spdk_mempool *mp, spdk_mempool_obj_cb_t obj_cb,
 			       void *obj_cb_arg);
 
+/**
+ * Lookup the memory pool identified by the given name.
+ *
+ * \param name Name of the memory pool.
+ *
+ * \return a pointer to the memory pool on success, or NULL on failure.
+ */
+struct spdk_mempool *spdk_mempool_lookup(const char *name);
+
 /**
  * Get the number of dedicated CPU cores utilized by this env abstraction.
  *
diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.c b/lib/env_dpdk/env.c
index dbd746dc8..e74f2ee4d 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.c
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.c
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ spdk_mempool_obj_iter(struct spdk_mempool *mp, spdk_mempool_obj_cb_t obj_cb,
 				    obj_cb_arg);
 }
 
+struct spdk_mempool *
+spdk_mempool_lookup(const char *name)
+{
+	return (struct spdk_mempool *)rte_mempool_lookup(name);
+}
+
 bool
 spdk_process_is_primary(void)
 {